Lauren was having a quiet day in her mansion sipping on some wine while yelling at her maid to straighten a picture.
"Jacinda seriously?? Look at it! It's not straight! What? Did that extra weight you put on cut off circulation to your brain?? Or is it your damn high school drop out education?"
Jacinda held back tears as she answered
"Yes Miss Johnson."
"Yes what?? Jesus. Should I fire you too? I already fired Melissa today, do you really want to leave me with just one maid? I have the historical society coming over in 2 days and you want to leave me with one maid? God you're so dumb and pathetic. Get out. Go clean the bathrooms, then the kitchen, then you can make me some dinner."
Jacinda ran off crying to the bathroom where Lauren had taken away her larger cleaning supplies and replaced them with small brushes to punish her for having ruined a dress of hers accidentally in the wash.
Lauren was sitting in a black pencil skirt, a black button-down satin blouse with some white flowering on it, dark pantyhose, and some low heels. Her husband was at some meeting many states away. She didn't have to work a day in her life since they met in college 30 years ago.
The doorbell rang and Lauren didn't move. The door rang again and she called out
"JACINDA! DO YOUR JOB!"
The doorbell rang 3 times in a row quickly with some fists banging on the door making Lauren furious.
"JACINDA YOU BETTER BE HAVING A HEART ATTACK OR I SWEAR TO GOD YOU'RE FIRED."
Lauren stormed to the door and opened the giant wooden door with gold handles to see 3 large men in front of her.
"Who are you? I didn't order any work to be done until September."
She asked with little fear. The men smiled and the one in front said
"That is quite rude for someone of your status to be greeting someone like that. I will let you have another chance. Maybe you're having a bad day."
Lauren glared saying
"I will call the cops, how did you two hooligans get past the gate?? Is this some sort of childish prank? Get off my property!"
He laughed and said
"Your property?? That's hilarious because the deed of the house is in Matthews's name, isn't it? You don't work so you don't make payments so it is not your house or your property."
She was fuming.
"LEAVE. NOW."
She started to shut the door but the man held it open saying,
"You're going to regret that."
He forced his way in and Lauren turned starting to scream and run but the man grabbed her by the arm and dragged her into the living room. Where he threw her on the couch saying
"Stay there."
She stood up and he pushed her back down. The other two men went off to wipe the security footage and secure the house while the leader stayed keeping Lauren on the couch.
"MY HUSBAND WILL HAVE YOU KILLED!"
She screamed while hitting him wildly before he turned her around and tied her wrists together with zip ties and gagged her with a ball gag. He pushed her back to the couch and put his foot on her chest saying
"Your husband is detained. Turns out, if you screw over enough people, it catches up to you. My boss has him at his place for questioning and is waiting to see how he will take care of your husband."
Lauren started to cry as the man explained that her husband had made some business dealings with shady characters in the government who were sent to prison because he snitched on them to save his ass.
"The government won't be looking for him anytime soon seeing he also stole from the government too. That leaves you. What do we do with the wife of a criminal?"
Lauren stopped fighting.
"Do we let you run around chattering to everyone about your husband gone missing or do we train you to be useful to us?"
He smiled
"We chose the latter. Now first lesson. No screaming. Can you do that?"
She didn't say anything.
"Sorry. First lesson, you always respond when spoken to and stay quiet unless spoken to. Do you understand?"
She didn't move as the drool slid down her face into her hair.
"I figured as much."
Jacinda was walking down the stairs with the two men looking scared as they brought her to him.
"She was doing some cleaning. What do you want to do?"
He looked at the fearful woman and said